new zealand treaty principles bill

New Zealand, haka

New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill

The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, with even the prime minister deriding it.

Global Voices Online · 3h

Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles Bill

Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament. Critics said the bill, if passed, could reverse the rights and other protection mechanisms for the Indigenous Māori people.

ABC · 6h

Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.

The New Zealand Herald2h

Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, Dame Jenny Shipley says

The party’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday, voted for by ...

3hon MSN

"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash

The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...

11m

New Zealand's indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill

Approximately 10,000 protesters marched through Rotorua, New Zealand, voicing their opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill. As they made their way south towards the capital, Wellington, they were ...

2hon MSN

NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley

Her comments come after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called the bill “simplistic” and “unhelpful”, and former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson — who negotiated more settlements than ...